Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen.
Category: Immigration
‘Fear is his biggest sword’: Immigrants anxious amid Trump’s planned deportation arrests
Northwest Indiana immigration attorney Alfredo Estrada said he’s been preparing his clients to know their rights as President Donald Trump assumes his second term in office.
Immigrants have rights so don’t answer questions or sign anything without a lawyer, attorney says
Attorney Mario Godoy has some practical advice for undocumented immigrants who need to know their rights. His law firm, Godoy Law Office, has been doing Zoom workshops with people to help guide them should they be stopped by an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.
President Donald Trump signs orders to remake border security
President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday to beef up security at the southern border that began taking effect hours after he was inaugurated, making good on his defining political promise to crack down on immigration and marking another wild swing in White House policy on the divisive issue.
President Donald Trump ends CBP One, a Biden-era border app that gave legal entry to nearly 1 million migrants
The Trump administration Monday ended use of a border app called CBP One that has allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States with eligibility to work.
Photographer among trio arrested at Gary Airport deportation protest
A Chicago-based freelance photographer was one of three people Gary Police arrested and charged with criminal trespassing during a protest against ICE deportations at the Gary/Chicago International Airport Saturday afternoon.
Trump-allied group’s warnings may signal legal blueprint to attack ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions
The ominous letters went to hundreds of state and local officials across the U.S. two days before Christmas. It was a potential blueprint for how the Trump administration may attack “sanctuary” jurisdictions that resist mass deportations.
In their 90s, Sisters of Mercy have spent their lives fighting for immigrant justice. And they’re not stopping now.
Sister JoAnn Persch and Sister Pat Murphy have devoted their lives advocating for local and federal immigration legislation to fix a broken system.
Community leaders tell Chicagoans to know their rights before ICE raids begin after Trump’s inauguration
On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported the incoming Trump administration was planning a large-scale immigration raid in Chicago.
Mother of slain Plainfield boy Wadee Alfayoumi meets Biden for ‘human-to-human connection’
“We are connected by God. We both lost children,” Hanan Shaheen tells president after discussing the dehumanization of Palestinians.